bayangkan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bayangkan. Equivalent to bayang +‎ -kan.

Verb

bayangkan (active membayangkan, passive dibayangkan)

1. (transitive) to imagine
   • 2017, SimulasiKredit:

     Sulit dibayangkan alasan mengapa selembar kertas bisa dianggap memiliki nilai yang sama dengan seekor kambing, misalnya, atau sebuah layar televisi.

     It's hard to imagine the reason why a piece of paper could be considered to have the same value as a goat, for example, or a television screen.

2. (transitive) to fantasize

   Synonym: mengkhayalkan

Malay

Alternative forms

• bayang-bayangkan

Etymology

Affixation of bayang +‎ -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.jaŋ.kan]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yang‧kan

Verb

bayangkan (Jawi spelling بايڠکن, active membayangkan, 3rd person passive dibayangkan)

1. to imagine (form a mental image of something)

   Synonym: imaginasikan

2. to imply
3. to reflect (give evidence of something)

   Synonym: cerminkan

Further reading

• "membayangkan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017